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The John Rutter Christmas Album | 
 enlarge | Creators: Franz Xaver Gruber, Stephen Varcoe, Christmas Traditional, John Rutter, Lowell Mason, Ruth Holton, Gerald Finley, Cambridge Singers
Label: Collegium
Category: Music
List Price: $11.98
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Rating:  21 reviews
Sales Rank: 4629
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 5.4 x 4.9 x 0.4
MPN: 510
UPC: 040888051022
EAN: 0040888051022
ASIN: B00006JJ4T
Release Date: September 24, 2002
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| Tracks:
| • | Wexford Carol | | • | Jesus Child | | • | There Is a Flower | | • | Donkey Carol | | • | Wild Wood Carol | | • | Angels' Carol | | • | Nativity Carol | | • | Mary's Lullaby | | • | Star Carol | | • | Candlelight Carol | | • | Shepherd's Pipe Carol | | • | Christmas Lullaby | | • | Dormi, Jesu | | • | Love Came Down at Christmas | | • | Sans Day Carol | | • | I Wonder as I Wander | | • | What Sweeter Music | | • | Joy to the World | | • | I Saw Three Ships | | • | Deck the Hall | | • | Very Best Time of Year | | • | We Wish You a Merry Christmas | | • | Silent Night |
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Album Description
Top of the British Classical Charts for 10 Weeks! Billboard Top Ten Classical Recording - December 2002! This album gathers together most of the carols I have composed over the years, plus a sprinkling of my arrangements of traditional carols, grouped to form a program which narrates, reflects upon, and celebrates the Christmas story. I have always enjoyed carols ever since I first sang them as a member of my school choir, and it was not long before I began to write carols of my own-in fact my first two published compositions were the Nativity Carol and the Shepherd's Pipe Carol. For any musician involved in choral music, Christmas is an especially joyous time, and I am indeed happy that it has played a part in my musical life for so many years- JOHN RUTTER
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| Customer Reviews: Read 16 more reviews...
 John Rutter Chirstmas music January 6, 2009
Art Lady (Saint Louis, Missouri United States)
I LOVE this CD! Rutter's own music and his arrangements of the music of others and of ancient carols, as sung by the Cambridge Choir, is uplifting and joy-full.
The perfect accompaniment to the season.
Highly recommended.
Excellent album December 20, 2008
Fred (Sacramento, CA United States)
I cannot add much to what other reviewers (who gave 5 stars) have already said, except I agree with them. Oh, I can add that this album has the best rendition of "Angel's Carol" I have every heard. You can actually hear the various choral sections (including basses) singing their solo parts. Since I sing the bass part, I "auditioned" several other choral versions of "Angel's Carol" but I found their recordings sounded "muddy". Very difficult to distinguish the Altos from the Tenors, etc. Not so with this album and the Cambridge Singers have recorded a first class album of John Rutter's Christmas music. Fantastic!
Christmas just came to my apartment November 25, 2008
Paul Klenk (New York, NY USA)
Christmas has come a bit early to my little apartment. Tonight I purchased The John Rutter Christmas Album. I'm listening to it on my laptop right now...
How amazing, delicate and worshipful this music is. Exquisite voices, perfectly balanced and harmonized by Rutter's arrangements.
There are so many favorites on this album. One delight is the Donkey Carol. It is written in an unever 5/8 time, so you have the feeling of being carried on a clumsy donkey!
Another is I Saw Three Ships. Very light and happy, with a key change that is like the opening of a flower. How Rutter does it, I can only marvel. "And he did whistle, and she did sing on Christmas Day in the morning!"
This is a perfect album to get you in the mood for Christmas. Light a few candles, turn down the lights, and put on this collection of music. There are 23 tracks, so you get a very good value. (Many of these have been published on earlier albums.)
 A caveat November 12, 2008
wdhspg (West Hills, Calif.)
However wonderful, these are not new recordings, but a compilation of old ones from various CDs, so that if you have recordings of Rutter's carols, you might want to compare titles and dates of issue before you order this one. This should have been made clear in Rutter's own editorial note.
John Rutter Christmas album February 8, 2008
Judith B. Hundertmark (north of Baltimore, MD)
excellent! Inever heard a Rutter that I didn't like. This cd reinforces my enjoyment of his music.
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